Wallet or bill holder



June 3, 1930. H. BARNES WALLET OR BILL HOLDER Filed April 25, 1928 I NVEN TOR. .He'Zen Barnes,

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This invention relates to a wallet or bill holder designed primarily forretaining paper currency, bank checks, drafts, contracts andassignments, but it is to be understood that a wallet or bill holderinaccordance with this invention may be employed for any purposes forwhich it is found applicable, and the inventionhas for its obj ect toprovide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, an article of the classreferred to, constructed and arranged to permit of expeditiouslylocating a desired bill, check, etc. therein without completely openingthe wallet or holder.

A further object of the invention is to provide, in a manner ashereinafter set forth, a wallet or bill holder constructed and arrangedto permit of quickly locating and removing therefrom a bill, check, etc.located therein without disturbing in any manner any of the other billsor papers positioned therein further without completely opening theWallet or holder. I v

A further obj ectof the invention is to provide, in a manner ashereinafter set forth,

4 a wallet or bill holder constructed and ar ranged to receive bills,checks, etc. in an un folded position and constructed and arrangedwhereby the desired bill, check, etc. may be quickly located withoutcompletely opening the Wallet or holder, and whereby the selected billor check may be easily and conveniently removed by separating it fromthe others with a finger of one hand and removing it from the collectionin the wallet or bill holder with the other hand-without disturbing anyof the other collected bills, checks, etc.

Further objects of the invention are to provide, in a manner ashereinafter set fort-h, a wallet or bill holder for the purpose referred'to and which is simplein its construction and arrangement, strong,durable, thoroughly efficient'in its use, permitting of the quicklocation and removal of'a bill, check, etc.,very prompt, readilyassembled, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

' With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention consistsof the novel construction, combination .and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in theaccompanying 1928. Serial No. 272,119.

drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is tobe understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resortedto which fall within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote correspondingparts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a side elevation of awallet or holder, in accordance with this invention, and a portionthereof folded back at one of the corners.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the wallet or holder in open position.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the wallet or holder whenclosed.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the wallet or holder with the bodyportion, carriers and flaps extended.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a carrier.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view in perspective of the central carrier.

Figure 7 is a sectional plan.

A wallet or holder, in accordance with this invention, is of a width andlength slightly greater than the width and length of the bills, checks.etc. to be sorted therein and retained thereby. The wallet or holderisconstructed of a material possessing a resilient characteristic of thedesired degree. Preferably the wallet or holder is constructed from calfskin, but it is to be understood that it can be set up of any suitablematerial possessing a resilient or flexible characteristic. The walletor holder includes a retainer flap, a body portion, which is foldable,and a plurality of carriers for the bills, checks, etc. As illustratedby way of example, the wallet or holder is set up with three carriers,but it is to be understood that this number can be increased ordiminished if desired.-

The retainer flap and foldable cover or body portion is constructed froma single piece of resilient or flexible material of the desiredthickness, and referring to the drawings in detail the foldable cover orbody portion is indicated generally at A. and is of reclike area, andthe bend between said folds 1, 2 is indicated at 3. Extended from oneend of the fold 2 is a rectangular flap 4 which prosection. The flap 4,when the wallet or folder is closed, overlaps the outer face of the fold1, see Figure 3.

As illustrated, by way of example, the wal- I let or holder is providedwith three carriers indicated at 6, 7 and 8 and each of which is ofrectangular contour but slightly less in Width and length than the widthand length of either of the folds 1,2. The carriers 6 and 7 are theouter carriers and the carrier 8 is the intermediate carrier. Thecarriers 6, 7 are integral with each other and are formed from a singlepiece of flexible material, bent upon itself, and the bend between thecarriers 6, 7 is indicated at 9. The carrier 8 is constructed from alength of rectangular material and at its inner side is formed with aplurality of equally spaced transversely extendingslits,

as shown three in number, and the material freed by the slits is bent atright angles with respect to the remaining part of the carrier to formflanges 10, 1'1, 12 and 13. The flanges 10 and 12 extend in an oppositedirection with respect to the flanges 11 and 13 and are alternatelydisposed with respect to these latter. The carrier 8 is positionedbetween the carriers 6, 7 and the flanges 10 to 13 are arranged aaginst.said carriers 6, 7 at each side of the medialline of the bend 9. and thelatter is positioned against the bend 3 betweenthe folds 1, 2. Thecarriers 6, 7 are'arranged between the folds 1, 2 and the said carriers6, 7 and 8 are secured to the bend 3 by two rows of stitching 14. 15.The 'rows of stitching extend through the flanges 10 to 13 and alsothrough the carriers 6, 7 and the bend 3 whereby the body portion A andcarriers 6, 7 and 8 are secured together. The width and length of thecarrier 8 corresponds to the width and length of either of the carriers6, 7.

' Each of the carriers between its transverse median and one end isformed with a transversely extending slot 16, and between its transversemedian and its other end with a pair of suitably spaced transverselyextending slots 18, 19 which are arranged in paral- One may easilyremove a bill from the to a carrier-and it slid through the slots 18, i

19 whereby the portion 21 between the slots 18, 19 overlap the bill 20,the latter is then extended through the slot 16. When the bill 20 isremovably or detachably connected to the carrier certain portionsthereof oppose one face of the carrier and the remaining portionsthereof oppose the other face of the carrier. p

When the bills, checks, etc. are connected to the carrier, they are sodisposed that the denominations thereof can be ascertained by bendingthe fold 1 upon itself at one corner or by bending a carrier upon itselfat a cor-' ner in a manner shown in Figure 1, and this permits ofreadily locating the desiredbill, I

check, paper, etc. after which it can be readily removed from the walletor holder without disturbing any of the others of the collection withinthe wallet. The construc tion of the wallet or holder-is such as toprovide, when it isin closed position, an opening at one side and anopening at one end, as the other side is closed by the bend 3 and theother end by the bend 5, and the latter is of the desired crosssectional length to compensate for-the thickness of the carriers and thebills and checks. I

The flap 4 acts as a retainer for maintain ing the folds 1, 2 in opposedrelation with respect to the carriers when the flap is in overlappingposition with respect to the fold 1, see Figure 1. When the wallet isinwhat may be termed closed position, as shown in Figure 1, the desiredbill or check, etc., can' be removed therefrom without completelyturning back the flap 4, as the latter is turned back when it is desiredto detachably or removably connect a checlndraft, etc. to a carrier. V

wallet or holder by merelyseparating it from the, others with-a fingerof one hand and drawing it out of any part of the collection with theother hand and not disturbing any of the others, and one can readilynote the size, denomination, or any printed figures on the corner of thebill etc., such as five, one or ten, by merely turning back a corner ofafold or carrier as it is constructed of a-ma terial possessing thedesired resiliency or flexibility to provide for such purpose.By'constructing the wallet or holder, in a' manner as aforesaid, it doesnot'require a complete opening thereof, when it is desired to remove apart mall the contents thereof- It is thought the many advantages of" awallet or holder, in accordance with this invention, can be readilyunderstood, and although the preferred embodiment of themvention is asillustrated and described, yet it is to be understood thatchangesin thede-' tails of construction can be had which will fall'within the scopeof the invention as claimed What I claim is a 1. A bill holdercomprising a foldable body portion including a pair of rectangular foldsand a rectangular flap extended from one fold kind overlapping the otherto retain the body portion in folded condition, said body portion whenfolded formed with an open end and an open side, and a plurality ofrectangular carriers within and hinged to the body portion and eachprovided with a plurality of spaced, transversely extending slotsadjacent the ends thereof for interlacing therewith non-folded billslengthwise thereof whereby the bills are detachably secured to the car-3 riers in extended position with the ends of the bills free, said openend of the body portion providing for the selective withdrawing of thebills and said open side permitting of opening of the body portion whenthe flap is shifted from retaining position.

2. A bill holder comprising a foldable body portion including a pair ofrectangular folds and a rectangular flap extended from one fold andoverlapping the other to retain the body portion in folded condition,said body portion when folded formed with an open end and an open side,and a plurality of rectangular carriers within and hinged to the bodyportion and each provided with a plurality of spaced, transverse slotsadjacent the ends thereof for interlacing therewith nonfolded billslengthwise thereof whereby the bills are detachably secured to thecarriers in extended position and with the ends of the bills free, saidopen end of the body portion providing for the selective withdrawing ofthe bills and said open side permitting of opening of the body portionwhen the flap is shifted from retaining position, said carriers of lesswidth and less length than said folds and of greater length and greaterwidth than the bills adapted to be interlaced therewith.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature hereto. HELEN BARNES.

